Syria’s Assad says war turning in regime’s favour (via AFP) Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday the three-year war tearing the country apart is turning in the government’s favour, state television reported....

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad warned Monday that Western military strikes would risk igniting a “regional war” in the “powder keg” of the Middle East, in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro. He also said France...